| 1 |
record label: Polydor 14508
chart position: RandB #4, UK #1, US #1, US dance #1, US AC #9
written by: Freddie Perren & Dino Fekaris
album: Love Tracks
comments: [disco]
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| 2 |
record label: Motown 1443
chart position: RandB #1, UK #1, US #1, US AC #1
written by: Lionel Richie
album: Natural High / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [ballad]
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| 3 |
record label: Atlantic 3519
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #7, US dance #1, US AC #48
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: C'est CHIC
comments: [disco]
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| 4 |
record label: Capitol 15988
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US dance #1
written by: Janice Johnson (as Janice Marie Johnson) & Perry Kibble (as Perry L. Kibble)
album: A Taste of Honey
comments: [disco]
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| 5 |
record label: Mercury 945
chart position: RandB #32, UK #1, US #2, US dance #2
written by: Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo & Victor Willis
album: Cruisin'
comments: [disco]
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| 6 |
record label: Casablanca 939
chart position: RandB #8, US #1, UK #5, US dance #1, US AC #24
written by: Jimmy Webb
album: Live and More
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| 7 |
record label: Columbia 10693
chart position: RandB #1, UK #3, US #1, US AC #1
written by: John Vallins & Nat Kipner
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| 8 |
record label: Atlantic 3557
chart position: RandB #5, UK #4, US #7, US dance #1, US AC #9
written by: Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
album: C'est Chic
comments: [disco]
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| 9 |
record label: Atlantic 3463
chart position: RandB #1, UK #42, US #2, US AC #3
written by: Reggie Lucas & James Mtume
album: Blue Lights in the Basement
comments: [love ballad]
|
| 10 |
record label: Planet 45901
chart position: US #2, RandB #14, UK #34, US AC #21
written by: Bruce Springsteen
album: Energy
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| 11 |
record label: Columbia 10854
chart position: RandB #1, UK#3, US #8, US AC #41
written by: Maurice White, Al McKay & Allee Willis
album: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
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| 12 |
record label: Casablanca 926
chart position: RandB #5, US #3, US dance #1, UK #51, US AC #42
written by: Paul Jabara
album: Live and More
comments: [disco]
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| 13 |
record label: Polydor 14483
chart position: RandB #31, US #5, UK #32, US dance #2, US AC #44
written by: Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson
album: Alicia Bridges
comments: [disco]
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| 14 |
record label: Polydor 14514
chart position: RandB #4, US #5, US dance #2, UK #26
written by: Dino Fekaris & Freddie Perren
album: 2 Hot!
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 15 |
record label: P.I.R. 3642
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #12, US AC #21
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: So Full of Love / The Best Of Philadelphia
|
| 16 |
record label: Sire 1049
chart position: UK #2
written by: Frank Farian, Fred Jay and George Reyam
album: Nightflight to Venus
comments: [disco]
|
| 17 |
record label: Arista 0283
chart position: RandB #5, UK #11, US #8
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Raydio
|
| 18 |
record label: AandM 2001
chart position: RandB #68, US #4, US AC #1
written by: Chuck Mangione
album: Feels So Good
comments: [jazz funk] [instrumental]
|
| 19 |
record label: Infinity 50002
chart position: RandB #7, UK #12, US #6
written by: Errol Brown
album: Every 1's a Winner
|
| 20 |
record label: Epic 50524
chart position: RandB #3, UK #12, US #7
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Central Heating
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 21 |
record label: AandM 2072
chart position: RandB #21, US #4, US AC #4,
written by: Ross Vannelli
album: Brother to Brother
comments: [ballad]
|
| 22 |
record label: ABC 4216
chart position: RandB #36, US #5
written by: Arnold Ingram, James Mitchell Jr. & Marvin Willis
album: Magic
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 23 |
record label: Drive 6269
chart position: RandB #5, US #8, US dance #4
written by: Peter Brown & Robert Rans
album: A Fantasy Love Affair
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 24 |
record label: Ariola 7686
chart position: RandB #30, UK #5, US #18, US dance #6
written by: Ann Peebles, Don Bryant & Bernard Miller
album: Eruption
comments: [disco]
|
| 25 |
record label: Whitfield 8712
chart position: RandB #5, UK #2, US #32
written by: Miles Gregory
album: Strikes Again
comments: [ballad]
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| 26 |
record label: Warner Bros. 17120 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, US AC #25
written by: Jerry Leiber, Barry Mann, Mike Stoller & Cynthia Weil
album: Weekend in L.A.
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| 27 |
record label: RCA 11122
chart position: RandB #7, US #9, UK #39, US dance #8
written by: John Fitch (as John H. Fitch Jr) & Reuben Cross
album: Smooth Talk
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 28 |
record label: Dash 5046
chart position: RandB #1, US #9, US dance #18
written by: Carl Driggs (as Carlos Driggs) & Ish Ledesma (as Ishmael Ledesma)
album: Get Off
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 29 |
record label: Columbia 10796
chart position: RandB #1, UK #33, US #9, US AC #30
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 30 |
record label: Warner 8683
chart position: RandB #1, UK #11, US #21, US dance #30
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Chaka
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 31 |
record label: Clouds 11
chart position: RandB #6, US #9, US AC #10
written by: Bobby Caldwell & Alfons Kettner
album: What You Won't Do for Love
|
| 32 |
record label: Fantasy 827
chart position: RandB #4, UK #29, US #19, US dance #1
written by: Eric Robinson & Victor Orsborn
album: Step II
comments: [disco]
|
| 33 |
record label: Warner 8618
chart position: RandB #1, UK #9, US #28, US dance #31
written by: George Clinton, Junie Morrison (as Walter Morrison) & Garry Shider
album: One Nation Under a Groove
comments: [funk]
|
| 34 |
record label: MCA 40825
chart position: RandB #1, UK #19, US #21, US dance #12
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: Stargard
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 35 |
record label: Gordy 7156
chart position: RandB #1, US #13, US dance #3
written by: Rick James
album: Come Get It! / Motown Chartbusters Vol. 10
comments: [Motown Sound] [ disco funk]
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| 36 |
record label: Private Stock 45184
chart position: RandB #15, UK #8, US #36, US dance #1
written by: Michael Zager & Alvin Fields
album: Let's All Chant
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 37 |
record label: Columbia 10808
chart position: RandB #1, US #12, US dance #11
written by: Cheryl Lynn, David Paich & David Foster
album: Cheryl Lynn
|
| 38 |
record label: Fantasy 846
chart position: RandB #20, UK #8, US #36, US dance #1
written by: James Wirrick & Sylvester
album: Step II
comments: [disco]
|
| 39 |
record label: Blue Sky 2772
chart position: RandB #44, UK #8, US #29
written by: Dan Hartman
album: Instant Replay
comments: [disco]
|
| 40 |
record label: Casablanca 909
chart position: RandB #1, US #16
written by: George Clinton, Bootsy Collins & Bernie Worrell
album: Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
comments: [funk]
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| 41 |
record label: Epic 50490
chart position: RandB #2, UK #9, US #18, US AC #33
written by: Rod Temperton
album: Too Hot to Handle
comments: [love ballad]
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| 42 |
record label: AandM 2043
chart position: RandB #1, UK #34, US #21
written by: Ashford, Simpson, Steve Gadd, Eric Gale, Quincy Jones, Ralph MacDonald, Richard Tee
album: Sounds And Stuff Like That!!
comments: [disco funk]
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| 43 |
record label: Ariola America 7717
chart position: RandB #8, UK #33, US #21, US dance #11
written by: David Williams [David Z. Williams] & James Jameson II
album: Chanson
comments: [disco dance]
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| 44 |
record label: Whitfield 8531
chart position: RandB #52, UK #3, US #101
written by: Billie Calvin (as Billie Rae Calvin)
album: In Full Bloom
comments: [ballad]
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| 45 |
record label: Epic 50595
chart position: RandB #3, UK #8, US #54, US dance #20
written by: Mick Jackson, David Jackson & Elmar Krohn
album: Destiny
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 46 |
record label: AandM 2069
chart position: RandB #7, UK #59, US #15
written by: Leroy Bell & Casey James
album: Bell & James
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 47 |
record label: Warner 8724
chart position: RandB #5, US #1, UK #1, US dance #1
written by: Rod Stewart & Carmine Appice
album: Blondes Have More Fun
comments: [disco dance]
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| 48 |
record label: Cotillion 44230
chart position: RandB #72, UK #8, US #70, US dance #1
written by: Alain Wisniak & Cerrone (as Jean Marc Cerrone)
album: Cerrone 3 Supernature
comments: [disco]
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| 49 |
record label: MCA 40820
chart position: RandB #5, UK #14, US #39, US dance #8
written by: Charles Miller, Harold Brown, Howard Scott, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, B.B. Dickerson & Thomas Allen
album: Galaxy
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 50 |
record label: 20th Century Fox 2386
chart position: RandB #3, UK #11, US #53, US dance #22
written by: James Thompson
album: Get Down
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 51 |
record label: Columbia 10688
chart position: RandB #12, UK #14, US #32
written by: Eduardo DelBarrio, Maurice White & Verdine White
album: All 'N All
comments: [disco funk]
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| 52 |
record label: Prelude 71110
chart position: RandB #29, UK #16, US #58, US dance #1
written by: Patrick Adams & Sandra Cooper
album: Keep On Jumpin
comments: [disco]
|
| 53 |
record label: P.I.R. 3634
chart position: RandB #21, US #24, US AC #5
written by: Von Gray & Sherman Marshall
album: When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [philly sound]
|
| 54 |
record label: Island 6457
chart position: RandB #9, UK #10, US #47
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Journey to Addis
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 55 |
record label: Sire 732
chart position: UK #1, US #30, US AC #35
written by: Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton, Frank Farian and George Reyam
album: Nightflight to Venus
comments: [disco] charted as Rivers of Babylon / Brown Girl in the Ring in UK charts
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| 56 |
record label: P.I.R. 3648
chart position: RandB #1, US #25, UK #41
written by: Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff
album: Life Is a Song Worth Singing / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: Soul Ballad [Philly Sound]
|
| 57 |
record label: RSO 897
chart position: RandB #40, UK #3, US #1, US AC #13
written by: Barry Gibb
album: Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture
|
| 58 |
record label: Atlantic 3483
chart position: RandB #37, US #24, US AC #1
written by: Joe Brooks
album: Roberta Flack
comments: [ballad]
|
| 59 |
record label: West End 1211
chart position: RandB #24, UK #34, US #67, US dance #1
written by: Andy Kahn & Kurt Borusiewicz
album: Hot Shot
comments: [disco]
|
| 60 |
record label: Source 40967
chart position: RandB #1, US #34
written by: Chuck Brown
album: Bustin' Loose
comments: [funk]
|
| 61 |
record label: Island 6446 (UK)
chart position: UK #8
written by: David Joseph, Jeffrey Guishard, Ken Joseph, Paul Phillips
album: Hi Tension
|
| 62 |
record label: Roadshow 1124
chart position: RandB #1, US #33
written by: Michael Stokes & Verdell Lanier
album: Once Upon a Dream
comments: [Sweet Soul]
|
| 63 |
record label: Prelude 71104
chart position: RandB #70, UK #16, US dance #2
written by: Jesse Boyce
|
| 64 |
record label: Casablanca 916
chart position: RandB #21, UK #19, US #53
written by: Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder & Pete Bellotte
album: Once Upon a Time
comments: [disco]
|
| 65 |
record label: 20th Century Fox 2365
chart position: RandB #13, US #24
written by: Barry White
album: Barry White Sings for Someone You Love
|
| 66 |
record label: Island 099
chart position: UK #9
written by: Bob Marley
album: Kaya
comments: [Reggae]
|
| 67 |
record label: RSO 889
chart position: RandB #8, UK #1, US #1, US dance #3, US AC #19
written by: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco]
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| 68 |
record label: Creole 153(UK)
chart position: UK #11
written by: Willard Eugene Price (as Gene Price)
album: I Will
comments: [ballad]
|
| 69 |
record label: Solar 11354
chart position: RandB #11, UK #20, US #79
written by: Kevin Spencer & Leon Sylvers III (as Leon F. Sylvers III)
album: Disco Gardens
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 70 |
record label: T.K. 1025
chart position: RandB #29, UK #34, US #35
written by: Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco funk]
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| 71 |
record label: Curtom 0140
chart position: RandB #68, UK #50, US #54, US dance #1
written by: Cy Coleman & Dorothy Fields
album: If My Friends Could See Me Now
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 72 |
record label: 20th Century 2395
chart position: RandB #45, UK #12, US #102
written by: Billy Joel
album: Barry White the Man
comments: [beat ballad]
|
| 73 |
record label: ABC 12349
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Richard Calhoun & Chaka Khan
album: Street Player
|
| 74 |
record label: Motown 1111 (UK)
chart position: RandB #21, UK #37, US #38
written by: T. McClary, L. Richie
album: Natural High
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 75 |
record label: Ariola 7721
chart position: UK #12, US Dance #12
written by: Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte
album: New Dimensions
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 76 |
record label: Gordy 7159
chart position: RandB #6, US #36
written by: Bobby DeBarge
album: Switch
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 77 |
record label: RSO 913
chart position: RandB #10, US #1, UK #3, US AC #4
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Spirits Having Flown
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| 78 |
record label: RSO 884
chart position: RandB #60, US #1, UK #4, US AC #9
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb
album: Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 79 |
record label: GTO 226
chart position: RandB #49, UK #12
written by: Johnnie Wilder
album: Central Heating
|
| 80 |
record label: 20th Century 2380
chart position: RandB #2, US #60, US dance #16
written by: Barry White
album: Barry White the Man
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 81 |
record label: AandM 2057
chart position: RandB #1, US #49
written by: Jeffrey Osborne & John T. McGhee
album: Togetherness
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 82 |
record label: Columbia 10772
chart position: RandB #10, UK #45, US #47, US AC #16
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
|
| 83 |
record label: RSO 893
chart position: RandB #11, US #1, UK #42, US AC #8
written by: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Andy Gibb
album: Shadow Dancing
|
| 84 |
record label: Sunshine Sound 1003
chart position: RandB #8, US #38
written by: Harry Casey and Richard Finch
album: Dance Across The Floor
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 85 |
record label: T.K. 1028
chart position: RandB #30, UK #47, US #35
written by: Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier & Eddie Holland Jr.
album: Who Do Ya Love
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 86 |
record label: Gordy 7162
chart position: RandB #3, US #41
written by: Rick James
album: Come Get It!
comments: [funk] [Motown Sound]
|
| 87 |
record label: MCA 40947
chart position: RandB #17, UK #45, US AC #40, US #41
written by: Charlie Smalls
album: The Wiz
|
| 88 |
record label: Columbia 10781
chart position: RandB #85, UK #15
written by: Herbie Hancock, Melvin Ragin & Jeffrey Cohen
album: Sunlight
|
| 89 |
record label: Gold Mind 4008
chart position: RandB #8, US dance #27, US #43
written by: R. Earl, K. Miller, S. Miller & Bunny Sigler
album: Let Me Party with You
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 90 |
record label: Epic 50463
chart position: RandB #2, US #54
written by: George Duke
album: Reach for It
comments: [funk]
|
| 91 |
record label: Warner 8514
chart position: RandB #10, UK #51, US #79, US dance #23
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Send It
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 92 |
record label: Motown 1125 (UK)
chart position: RandB #10, US #58, US dance #26
written by: Angelo Bond, Truman Thomas & Bonnie Pointer
album: Bonnie Pointer [1978 album]
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 93 |
record label: Buddah 473(UK)
chart position: UK #15
written by: Van McCoy and Joe Cobb
album: The One and Only
|
| 94 |
record label: Mercury 74015
chart position: RandB #9, UK #56, US #101, US dance #7
written by: Hamilton Bohannon
album: Summertime Groove
comments: [disco funk]
|
| 95 |
record label: Curtom 731
chart position: RandB #3, US #77
written by: Gil Askey
album: If My Friends Could See Me Now
comments: [disco funk] [extended 12 inch version]
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| 96 |
record label: T Neck 82272
chart position: RandB #1, UK #50
written by: Ronald Isley, Kelly Isley Rudolph Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley & Chris Jasper
album: Showdown
|
| 97 |
record label: Motown 1436
chart position: RandB #16, US #49, US dance #15
written by: Ken Peterson
album: Baby It's Me
comments: [Motown Sound]
|
| 98 |
record label: Warner 17237
chart position: RandB #2, UK #48
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Is It Still Good to Ya
comments: [disco dance]
|
| 99 |
record label: Portrait 70014
chart position: RandB #9, US #45
written by: Alfred McCrary, Linda McCrary & Sam McCrary
album: Loving Is Living
comments: [disco funk]
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| 100 |
record label: Mercury 74008
chart position: RandB #5, US #60
written by: Michael Cooper
album: Loveshine
comments: [disco funk]
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